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I’ve spent the last couple of evenings casually generating new content. I guess these are what back in the day I used to describe as trippy videos. Taking content I’ve already created and mashing with a truck load of filters etc. In times gone by my tool of choice would probably have been “after effects” Read more about An evening or two of new material[…]

My wife and children went off to visit relatives for the weekend and left me to code 🙂 I’ve been adding more effects to the audio inputs including segment size and y position for the kaleidoscopes. I wasn’t completely happy with the PNG layer masking as the masks sometimes flash when switching from one to Read more about More audio response and masking[…]

After my spot at the monthly VJ London open night I’m overflowing with new found enthusiasm and ideas for the project. I already had a layer that used a spectral analyser but it wasn’t exactly a showstopper. Thus I added a third mixer ( M Audio xsession pro) which I had previously dumped in favour Read more about Audio response[…]

Looks like I’ve got something that pretty much works and is not too choppy. Currently mixing 10 layers of video, sprites and images. Just added an audio spectrum layer. Need to do some more work to get that working with the sequencer. I’m really pleased with the two kaleidoscope layers. Using the mixer you can Read more about Another update[…]

I’ve been working hard on my web based VJ setup. It currently has nine layers of simultaneous imagery and video with a combination of sprite based animation using phaser.io plus video layers; WebM with alpha channel for foreground and MP4 for background. I’ve got an idea for at least one more sprite based layer taking the Read more about Work in progress[…]

This was my final mixmasters piece. This time, instead of spending months rendering animations I created something much simpler (and quicker) using digital photos and a few characters from my library of creations.

So I’ve been fiddling around for a while now combing my 90s club imagery with my web development skills and am now kicking the tires on a mostly functional web based VJ setup. The aim has been to try and recreate our classic 90s rig with multi-layer madness with a little more control and image enhancement than would Read more about Web based VJing﻿[…]